"Min Zhong" redirects here. For other uses, see Min Zhong (disambiguation) .
Central Min Native to Southern China , United States (mainly California ) Region Yong'an , Sanming Native speakers
(683,000 cited 1987)[1] Language family
Dialects
ISO 639-3 czo Glottolog minz1235 Linguasphere 79-AAA-hb
Central Min , or Min Zhong (simplified Chinese : 闽中语 ; traditional Chinese : 閩中語 ; pinyin : Mǐnzhōngyǔ Min group of varieties of Chinese . It is spoken in the valley of the Sha River in Sanming prefecture in the central mountain areas of Fujian , consisting of Yong'an , the urban area of Sanming (Sanyuan and Meilie districts) and Sha County .[1]
Dialects [ ] References [ ]
^ a b Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Li, Rong; Baumann, Theo; Lee, Mei W. (1987). Language Atlas of China . Longman. p. B-12. ISBN 978-962-359-085-3
Norman, Jerry (1974), "The initials of Proto-Min", Journal of Chinese Linguistics , 2 (1): 27–36, JSTOR 23749809 .
Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas Himachal , Uttarakhand , Nepal , Sikkim )
Eastern Himalayas Tibet , Bhutan , Arunachal ) Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border
Karbi Kuki-Chin Mruic
Pyu Taman
East and Southeast Asia
Dubious (possible isolates )Arunachal )
Proposed groupings
Central Tibeto-Burman Greater Bai Mahakiranti Rung Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri Proto-languages
Proto-Tibeto-Burman Proto-Loloish Proto-Karenic Proto-Min Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
Min Chinese
Languages
Eastern Min
Southern subgroup
Fuzhou dialect Fuqing dialect Changle dialect Gutian dialect Matsu dialect Northern subgroup Manjiang dialect
Southern Min
Datian Min Hokkien Teochew Zhenan Min Zhongshan Min ... (Detail ) Pu-Xian Min
Putian dialect (Wuqiu dialect )Xianyou dialect Northern Min Shao-Jiang Min
Shaowu dialect Jiangle dialect Central Min Leizhou Min Hainanese
Fucheng subgroup Wenchang subgroup Wanning subgroup Yaxian subgroup Changgan subgroup
Writing system
Logographic Alphabetic
Pe̍h-ōe-jī Pe̍h-ūe-jī Hainan Romanized Foochow Romanized Hinghwa Romanized Kienning Colloquial Romanized Taiwanese Romanization System Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet Daighi tongiong pingim Bbánlám pìngyīm Peng'im Fuzhou Transliteration Scheme Hainanese Transliteration Scheme Mixed
Research
Proto-languages Rime dictionaries
Languages of China
Official Regional
ARs / SARs
Cantonese HK /MCEnglish HK Mongolian NM Portuguese MC Tibetan XZ Uyghur XJ Zhuang GX Prefecture Counties /Banners numerous
Indigenous
Other languages
Austroasiatic Hmong-Mien
Mongolic Kra-Dai
Tungusic
Evenki Manchu Nanai Oroqen Xibe Turkic Other
Sarikoli (Indo-European) Tsat (Austronesian) Formosan languages (Austronesian)
Minority
Kazakh Korean Kyrgyz Russian Tatar Tuvan Uzbek Vietnamese (Kinh)Wakhi Varieties of
Mandarin
Southwestern Dongbei Jiang Huai Gan Hakka Hui Jin Min
Ping Wu
Xiang Yue
Creole/Mixed
E Hezhou Lingling Macanese Maojia Qoqmončaq Sanqiao Tangwang Wutun Extinct Sign
GX = Guangxi
HK = Hong Kong
MC = Macau
NM = Inner Mongolia
XJ = Xinjiang
XZ = Tibet
List of varieties of Chinese